Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a)
The following staff must complete the Presurvey Training before submitting an
application for a license:
(1) the
administrator and alternate administrator; and
(2) the supervising nurse and alternate
supervising nurse of an agency that provides licensed home health services with
or without home dialysis designation, licensed and certified home health
services with or without home dialysis designation, or hospice
services.
(b) An
applicant may request to be licensed in one or more of the following
categories:
(1) licensed and certified home
health services;
(2) licensed and
certified home health services with home dialysis designation;
(3) licensed home health services;
(4) licensed home health services with home
dialysis designation;
(5) hospice
services; or
(6) personal
assistance services.
(c)
HHSC does not require an agency to be licensed in more than one category if the
category for which the agency is licensed includes the services the agency
provides.
(d) An applicant who has
requested the category of licensed and certified home health services on the
initial license application must also apply to CMS for certification as a
Medicare-certified agency under the 42 United States Code Chapter 7, Subchapter
XVIII.
(1) While the applicant is waiting for
CMS to certify it as a Medicare-certified agency:
(A) HHSC issues an initial license reflecting
the category of licensed home health services if the applicant meets the
criteria for the license; and
(B)
the applicant must comply with the Medicare conditions of participation for
home health agencies in 42 CFR Part 484, as if the applicant were dually
certified.
(2) If CMS
certifies an agency to participate in the Medicare program during the initial
license period, HHSC sends a notice to the agency that the category of licensed
and certified home health services has been added to the license. If the agency
wants to remove the licensed home health services category from the agency's
license after the category of licensed and certified home health services has
been added, the agency must submit to HHSC an application through the online
portal to remove that category from the agency's license.
(3) If CMS denies certification to an agency
or an agency withdraws the application for participation in the Medicare
program, the agency may retain the category of licensed home health services on
its license.
(e) An
applicant for an initial license must comply with § 558.30 of this
subchapter (relating to Operation of an Inpatient Unit at a Parent Agency) to
operate an inpatient unit at the applicant's parent agency.
